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11,183people live here $129,833median household income▲ 61% above US $714,200median home value▲ 115% above US

Lake Morton-Berrydale is an unincorporated community in King County, WA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Lake Morton-Berrydale

Lake Morton-Berrydale is an unincorporated community in Washington with household incomes running above the national average. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Lake Morton-Berrydale deals with home prices well above the national average, long average commutes, a population that has been shrinking, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Higher-than-average incomes

The not so good

High home prices
Long commutes
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio
Above-average rainfall

How Lake Morton-Berrydale compares

Median household income

Lake Morton-Berrydale$129,833

Washington avg$98,141

US$80,734

Median home value

Lake Morton-Berrydale$714,200

Washington avg$564,600

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Lake Morton-Berrydale

Based on Lake Morton-Berrydale's median rent, home value and household income

To buy

$142,840

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $71,420
Homes cost 5.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Job market

4.5% county unemployment

Unemployment in King County is 4.5%, close to the national average of 4.3%. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

King County (county-wide)

Safety

167 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Lake Morton-Berrydale doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the King County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 985/100k · Policed by King County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting around▲ 48% above US

38 min average commute

Traffic is a real factor here. The 38.4 minute average means plenty of commuters are pushing 45 to 60 minutes on a bad day. Proximity to work matters more here than it might elsewhere. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 18% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

71%

Work from home

18%

Carpool

7.9%

Walk

1.4%

Public transit

1.3%

Other

0.4%

Climate

Summers are comfortable, with highs around 75°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 33°F. It's a wet climate overall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforceNear US average

35% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 35% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

2 public schools inside the boundary

There are 2 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 19:1, slightly above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park (21 miles away). There are 6 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Lake Morton-Berrydale's strongest point is household incomes running above the national average; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and long average commutes. It tends to suit remote workers (18% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for people who dread long commutes.

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